The Farmer's Wife (1941 film)

The Farmer's Wife
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Directed by
Written by
Based onThe Farmer's Wife
by Eden Phillpotts
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Edited byFlora Newton
Music byGuy Jones
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Pictures
Release date
  • 24 January 1941 (1941-01-24)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Farmer's Wife is a 1941 British comedy drama film directed by Norman Lee and Leslie Arliss and starring Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson and Nora Swinburne. It was written by Arliss, J. E. Hunter and Lee based on the 1916 play The Farmer's Wife by Eden Phillpotts which had previously been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for a 1928 film of the same name. It was produced by ABPC at Welwyn Studios, at a time when the company's main Elstree Studios had been requisitioned for wartime use. The film is not widely known.